周四，俄罗斯利用无人机和导弹对乌克兰全境的平民区进行了猛烈轰炸，造成至少16人死亡，100多人受伤，这是数周以来最严重的空袭。据乌克兰当局称，俄方动用了近700架无人机和数十枚导弹。乌克兰官员承认，先进拦截弹的关键库存正在减少。54岁的基辅居民索科尔描述称，两枚导弹落在她家附近，她在闪光和破碎的窗户中带着宠物狗躲在走廊里避难。
联合国数据显示，自四年前全面冲突爆发以来，已有超过1.5万名乌克兰平民在空袭中丧生。俄罗斯国防部坚称，此次行动是针对军事相关目标的，旨在“报复”乌克兰对俄罗斯境内石油设施和军工厂的袭击。欧洲理事会主席孔斯塔将此次袭击描述为“又一次令人震惊的攻击”。
乌克兰总统泽连斯基近期先后访问了德国、挪威和意大利，紧急寻求更多防空系统。尽管乌克兰已建立了显著的国内军工产业，尤其是在无人机和导弹生产领域，但目前仍无法与美国“爱国者”等先进系统的精密程度相匹配。
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VASILISA STEPANENKO and DAN BASHAKOV
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia hammered civilian areas across Ukraine with drones and missiles Thursday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 100 others in the worst aerial attack in weeks, Ukrainian authorities said. Nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles were used, as Ukrainian officials acknowledged that vital stocks of advanced interceptors are running low. Tetiana Sokol, a 54-year-old Kyiv resident, said two missiles hit near her home and she took cover with her dog in the hallway as flashes lit up the night and windows shattered from the blast wave.“On the third attack everything broke, everything flew, we were shocked, we didn’t know where to run. I grabbed whatever came to hand and ran away with the dog,” she told The Associated Press. Moscow’s forces have hit civilian areas almost daily since its all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, with the regular assaults occasionally punctuated by massive attacks. More than 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have died in the strikes, the United Nations says.
Russia’s Defense Ministry maintained the operation was launched against military-related targets “in retaliation” for Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia against oil refineries and weapons plants. European Council President António Costa described Thursday’s strikes in Ukraine as “yet another horrendous attack” while people slept in their homes.
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Zelenskyy on a mission to improve air defenses The attacks came in the wake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 48-hour trip this week to Germany, Norway and Italy in an urgent search for more air defense systems that can stop Russian missiles. Ukraine has developed a significant domestic arms industry, especially in the production of drones and missiles, but cannot yet match the sophistication of U.S. Patriot air defense systems. Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for the Ukrainian air force, said the Russian attack made extensive use of ballistic missiles, which only Patriot systems can reliably shoot down.
“We desperately need more missiles for the Patriot systems,” Ihnat told Ukraine’s private TV channel 1+1.
Ukraine fears the Iran war is depleting stockpiles of the advanced American-made air defense systems it needs, and strongly opposes a U.S. pause on Russian oil sanctions.“Another night has proven that Russia does not deserve any easing of global policy or lifting of sanctions,” Zelenskyy said on X.
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Ukrainian city grieves over death of young boy Thursday’s strikes killed four people in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old, with more than 50 others injured, authorities said. Attacks killed nine people in the southern port city of Odesa and four in the central Dnipro region. The central city